Dictionary entry

Odoriferous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O′dor‐if″er‐ous (?), a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See Odoe, and 1st Bear.] Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton.

— O′dor‐if″er‐ous‐ly, adv. —O′dor‐if″er‐ous‐ness, n.